Several consignments of drugs worth over 13 million rupees received via airmail and detained at the Central Mail Exchange were today (4) handed over to the Police Narcotics Bureau for further investigations.
The parcels were received from Germany and England.
The officers said that 11 unclaimed parcels were sent to fake addresses in Colombo, Nugegoda, Anuradhapura and Kandy.
The parcels were inspected after it was revealed in investigations that the addresses were fake.
Accordingly, 1,055 ‘Ecstasy’ pills containing Methamphetamine drug, 318g of ‘Kush’ cannabis, and 15 cannabis seeds have been seized.
The stock of drugs was handed over to the Police Narcotics Division for further investigations.
Last year, Sri Lanka Customs’ Narcotics Control Division officers made 81 drug seizures, confiscating 119kg of drugs including cocaine, heroin, ecstasy pills, hashish, and kush cannabis with an approximate street value of 2.5 billion rupees, resulting in the Customs Narcotics Control Division’s largest-ever drug seizure.
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The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has interdicted Colombo Fort Magistrate Kosala Senadheera.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
The Supreme Court today refused interim relief in an application filed by President’s Counsel Senaka Walgampaya seeking an Order from the Supreme Court compelling the President to appoint judges to fill the existing vacancies in the Court Of Appeal.
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Two underworld criminals wanted for multiple crimes, including murder, were brought from Dubai to Sri Lanka, today (12).
Acting Attorney General Parinda Ranasinghe, was appointed as the Attorney General of Sri Lanka a short while ago.
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